With their sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite.
Milton.
Sigh"-born` (?), a. Sorrowful; mournful. [R.] "Sigh-born thoughts." De
Quincey.
Sigh"er (?), n. One who sighs.
Sigh"ing, a. Uttering sighs; grieving; lamenting. "Sighing millions."
Cowper. - - Sigh"ing*ly, adv.
Sight (?), n. [OE. sight, si&?;t, siht, AS. siht, gesiht, gesih&?;,
gesieh&?;, gesyh&?;; akin to D. gezicht, G. sicht, gesicht, Dan. sigte,
Sw. sigt, from the root of E. see. See See, v. t.] 1. The act of
seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of
land.
A cloud received him out of their sight.
Acts. i. 9.
2. The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of perceiving objects
by the instrumentality of the eyes.
Thy sight is young, And thou shalt read when mine begin to dazzle.
Shak.
O loss of sight, of thee I most complain!
Milton.
3. The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility; open view;
region which the eye at one time surveys; space through which the power
of vision extends; as, an object within sight.